#E8B351#E8B351

#E8B351 is a light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.500; OKLCH L 79.7% C 0.130 H 80.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.00:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E8B351
RGB	rgb(232, 179, 81)
HSL	hsl(39, 77%, 61%)
HSV	hsv(39, 65%, 91%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 22.8%, 65.1%, 9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(76.07, 9.17, 56.01)
CIE-LCH	lch(76.07, 56.76, 80.71°)
OKLab	oklab(79.71% 0.0219 0.1278)
OKLCH	oklch(79.71% 0.13 80.3)
XYZ	xyz(50.8870, 49.9936, 14.7525)
Luminance	0.4999 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E8B351 #5186E8

analogous

#E86851 #E8B351 #D2E851

triadic

#E8B351 #51E8B3 #B351E8

tetradic

#E8B351 #51E868 #5186E8 #E851D2

square

#E8B351 #51E868 #5186E8 #E851D2

split-complementary

#E8B351 #51D2E8 #6851E8

monochromatic

#A87516 #DE9B1D #E8B351 #EFCB87 #F6E2BD

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.91

#E8B351 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.00

#E8B351 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E8B351

11.00:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E8B351	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E8B351	1.00	1.91	11.00	11.00
#FFFFFF	1.91	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.00	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.00	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C8B446

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#D5C154

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FBA39E

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BBBBBB

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e8b351;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(232, 179, 81);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(79.7% 0.130 80.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f3c986',
    500: '#e8b351',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e8b351;
$custom-light: #f3c986;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e8b351",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 232,
    "g": 179,
    "b": 81
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 38.94,
    "s": 76.65,
    "l": 61.373
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.79706,
    "c": 0.12967,
    "h": 80.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.4999
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E8B351

secondary

#AEC2E7

accent

#54D90D

background

#FFFCF8

surface

#FFF8F0

border

#D7D1CB

text

#18130B

muted

#86827C

Preview Lab

Preview with #E8B351

Body copy rendered with the generated semantic roles for this colour.

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